blink of an eye

English

blink of an eye (usually uncountable, plural blinks of an eye)

(idiomatic) A moment (a very short period of time).
Just a blink of an eye later, he was gone.

moment (a very short period of time)

Afrikaans: oomblik (af)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 眨眼 (zh) (zhǎyǎn), 瞬間／瞬间 (zh) (shùnjiān)
Danish: øjeblik (da) n
Dutch: ogenblik (nl) n
Finnish: silmänräpäys (fi)
French: clin d’œil (fr) m
German: Augenblick (de) m, Wimpernschlag (de) m, Augenschlag m
Hungarian: szempillantás (hu)
Italian: batter d'occhio m, batter d'occhi m, battito di ciglia m
Japanese: あっという間 (ja) (あっというま, a-tto iu ma)
Low German:
German Low German: Ogenblick m
Maori: matakarapa
Norwegian:
Bokmål: øyeblikk (no) n

Nynorsk: augeblikk n, augneblikk n, augeblink n, augneblink n, augeblunk n, augneblunk n
Polish: okamgnienie (pl) n
Portuguese: piscar de olhos m
Romanian: clipă (ro) f, clipită (ro) f
Russian: мгнове́ние о́ка (ru) n (mgnovénije óka), мгнове́ние (ru) n (mgnovénije)
Swedish: ögonblick (sv) n
Turkish: an (tr)
Yiddish: אויגנבליק (yi) m (oygnblik)

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